When you apply to join the Housing Register, we look at your application and work out your priority for housing, using our housing allocation rules.

We look at things like:

your current housing situation

the needs and welfare of your household

If anyone in your household is ill or disabled and this is being made worse by your current housing situation, the council medical advisor will help us decide your priority.

If you’re an existing tenant, we’ll look at what kind of property you want to move from and to.

We put all households into one of four bands from A to D based on their priority for housing.

Priority bands

If you’re in Band A, you have the highest priority for housing. This includes:

existing tenants who will free up a bigger home or one adapted for disabled people by transferring

households with people who have an illness or disability who can no longer live in their existing home

homeless households staying in temporary accommodation which is being withdrawn

Find out your priority band

Take our self assessment questionnaire (Should I apply for housing?) to find out your chances of getting housing. It takes a couple of minutes. You also get an indication of your priority band and what your next step should be.